The Little Cottonwood Canyon traffic mitigation plan selected the gondola as the preferred alternative and is exploring adding a toll to both Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons. The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and other state transportation agencies are currently studying alternative toll methods to mitigate the existing traffic congestion and future traffic volumes. As...
The new look of the Petřín cable car in Prague has been revealed. A contest was held to design the body and interior of two similar cable car cabins, with each cabin having a capacity to hold up to 120 passengers. There were 26 entries with the winner was a local designer. The new cabin design has an open...
The construction of the world’s first cross-border cable car between Russia and China has stalled due to European Union sanctions on Russia. The Blagoveshchensk-Heihe cable car will connect the two countries with a 973-meter cable car. The construction has stopped because the cable car equipment is coming from the French company, Leitner, and cannot be shipped....
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) announced their preferred transit alternative is the gondola for Little Cottonwood Canyon. 3S gondolas, also known as tricable detachable gondola (TDG), are highly reliable because they can handle harsher weather conditions. A 3S has two track ropes with the sole purpose of stabilizing the cabins and one propulsion cable. It’s estimated...
Winter Park Resort ski area in Colorado revives gondola connection between the town and resort. The idea of connecting the two has been in the master plans since the 1985, however it has been brought back to light. The hope is to link the two from an empty lot next to town hall which would...
The Portland Aerial Tram is one of the best-designed CPT systems in the world. Its shiny, metallic, pill-shaped cabins float gracefully across the Rose City skyline, transporting medical staff, patients and sightseers from the South Waterfront district to the Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU) atop Marquam Hill. The 1km aerial journey takes less than...
Construction of the $35 million gondola at Grouse Mountain in British Columbia, Canada, is expected to begin in early September. The monocable detachable gondola (MDG) is intended to be the replacement of the existing aerial tram, Blue Skyride, which is no longer operational to the public. The new gondola will improve the connection from the parking lot to the...
The Prairie Sky Gondola project in Edmonton has been cancelled. City council voted 12 to one to terminate the city’s agreement with Prairie Sky Gondola due to several reasons, including the financial risk to the city and the idea of building on the Rossdale Burial Site. The opposition believes the project can still advance if...
Sterling Vineyards received approval for variance and conservation regulation exception to replace Gondola system in Napa Valley. The original system was a monocable detachable gondola (MDG) with nine towers and four-person cabins that burned down in the 2020 Glass Fire. The new system would have 11 towers with eight-person cabins. The system must keep its towers below the...
The pulse gondola system for the Eaglecrest Ski Area is in transit and set to arrive at the beginning of September. All the pieces were loaded and traveled the two-day road trip from Austria to Antwerp, Belgium and are now on a sea voyage to the Lower 48. Once they arrive, the containers will take a...